SpaceX F9 - Starlink Group 5-15 - SLC-40

Launch Date: July 15
Launch Window: 11:50 p.m. ET (3:50 UTC)
Launch site: SLC-40 - Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida
Core Booster Recovery: ASDS - ASOG
Booster: B1060.16
Fairings: Reused - 9th and 10th
Mass: 54 v1.5 Starlinks
Orbit: LEO
Yearly Launch Number: 47

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch the 92nd group of satellites for SpaceX’s Starlink broadband network, a mission designated Starlink 5-15. The Starlink Group 5-15 mission is headed to the 43º inclination shell of Starlink's second generation constellation. Satellites in this shell will be orbiting Earth in a 540km circular orbit at 43º inclination. This mission will carry 54 satellites into a 229x337km 43º orbit and from there they'll raise their orbits to operational altitude.

This will be the last launch of v1.5 Starlinks.
This will be SpaceX's 250th orbital launch attempt.

 

[808?]

 

[TypeX]

Crazy how far they have come, My step dad was with SpaceX early on based on Kwajalein Atoll for Testing & I was lucky enough to fly out for it. Amazing island.

 

[Grendal]

Scrub. I think it was something other than weather...

 

[MyJoule]

Scrub. I think it was something other than weather...

The announcer said there was a 75% chance on the weather at about T-2min. It was scrubbed right when the LD should have been saying LD go for launch, so maybe it was weather? Not sure, They may tell us when they set up to launch again

 

[Grendal]

 

[Grendal]

SpaceX will perform a static fire before the launch. So it was more than the weather.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1679946059051864064

 

[Grendal]

Everything went well, as usual. The second booster to hit 16 landings. The last launch of the 1.5 Starlinks. It's all 2.0 minis until Starship reaches orbit regularly. We're just waiting on the tweet to say deployment went well.

209th recovery of an orbital class booster.

 

[MyJoule]

Everything went well, as usual. The second booster to hit 16 landings. The last launch of the 1.5 Starlinks. It's all 2.0 minis until Starship reaches orbit regularly. We're just waiting on the tweet to say deployment went well.

209th recovery of an orbital class booster.

And he said the scrub was due to an elevated O2 reading So it was a technical issue, not a weather issue. Glad it worked. Wonder if there will be a 17th flight?

 

[Grendal]

And he said the scrub was due to an elevated O2 reading So it was a technical issue, not a weather issue. Glad it worked. Wonder if there will be a 17th flight?

F9 boosters are now rated for 20 launches. So expect some refurbishment but all of them going to 20 from now on. Unless SpaceX decides to sacrifice one for a more energetic launch.